
Seafroggys
Well-known member
I'm going to be starting a project pretty soon, and something I have noticed from when I've recorded before is that while my drums sound great by themselves, when you introduce other instruments things start getting messy. My toms literally melt into music. They lack definition. Cymbals and snare are really easy, and I have to be careful how I mic up my bass but I can make that work.
The problem is is I don't have tom mics, I just have a 4 mic setup as follows:
Bass: AKG D112
Snare: SM57
Overheads: 2x RODE NT2-A Microphones
As I said, soloed the set sounds great. However, my toms lack cutting power and seem to melt in the same frequency as the guitar. Several options I can think of:
Replace the heads (last resort that may or may not fix anything)
Tune the heads higher
Play with mic positioning some more
Heavily EQ guitar (though this won't work as the fundamentals and the toms share the same range)
Right now I have a +2 dB high shelf above 5000 hz on the overheads to bring out the cymbals. I'm wondering if this could be lowered so that they start affecting the upper frequencies of the toms and bring those out into the mix?
The problem is is I don't have tom mics, I just have a 4 mic setup as follows:
Bass: AKG D112
Snare: SM57
Overheads: 2x RODE NT2-A Microphones
As I said, soloed the set sounds great. However, my toms lack cutting power and seem to melt in the same frequency as the guitar. Several options I can think of:
Replace the heads (last resort that may or may not fix anything)
Tune the heads higher
Play with mic positioning some more
Heavily EQ guitar (though this won't work as the fundamentals and the toms share the same range)
Right now I have a +2 dB high shelf above 5000 hz on the overheads to bring out the cymbals. I'm wondering if this could be lowered so that they start affecting the upper frequencies of the toms and bring those out into the mix?